Fabrication of highly permselective mixed matrix graphene oxide/ sodium tripolyphosphate-based cation exchange membranes for monovalent and divalent ion desalination by leila Ghadiri, Leila Naji

“…In this study, graphene oxide (GO) was functionalized by sodium triphosphate (NaTPP) through a physical grafting method and used as a nanofiller to fabricate cation exchange membranes based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). …”
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Approval of a comprehensive psychosocial rehabilitation program for patients with negative symptoms in schizophrenia by Yu. A. Kushnir

“…The effectiveness of the proposed scheme of psychosocial rehabilitation of patients with negative symptoms in schizophrenia was proven, which consisted in a more pronounced reduction of clinical manifestations of abulia, anhedonia, inattention, reduction of distress and social avoidance, improvement of social functioning in the main spheres of life, and improvement of social and behavioral compliance. …”
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Neural correlates of conspiracy beliefs during information evaluation by Shuguang Zhao, Ting Wang, Bingsen Xiong

“…Behaviorally, high conspiracy believers were more likely to endorse conspiracy statements, whereas both groups evaluated factual information similarly. …”
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ABDviaMSIFAT: Abnormal Crowd Behavior Detection Utilizing a Multi-Source Information Fusion Technique by Ali Ahmad Hamid, S. Amirhassan Monadjemi, Bijan Shoushtarian

“…These scores are later modified for the individual level of the group, allowing for behavior recognition through the assessment of fuzzy logic functions. In the first pipeline, we utilize a depth-wise Separable Convolutional Neural Network (DWS-CNN) that provides reduced filtering compared to standard CNNs. …”
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Mechanistic insights into PROS1 inhibition of bladder cancer progression and angiogenesis via the AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathway by Xin-peng Fan, Ji-rong Wang, Si-yu Chen, Xiao-ran Li, Jin-long Cao, Hua-bin Wang, Li-yun Ding, Tuan-jie Che, Li Yang

“…In conclusion, as an angiogenesis-related gene, PROS1 may play an inhibitory role in the biological functions of bladder cancer.…”
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Dietary intake and knowledge of fermented food products among university students by Sharareh Hekmat, Latifeh Ahmadi

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Surface Roughness Prediction of Bearing Ring Precision Grinding Based on Feature Extraction by Chaoyu Shi, Bohao Chen, Yao Shi, Jun Zha

“…The results indicate that the incorporation of entropy features and grinding parameters in the model provide more information pertinent to grinding surface roughness, thereby effectively enhancing the predictive accuracy.…”
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Wild rice species from Pantanal are hotspots for associations with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria by Analice Paula de Sousa Campelo, José Ivo Baldani, Gecele Matos Paggi, Luciana Cristina Vitorino, Layara Alexandre Bessa, Marivaine da Silva Brasil

“…The genera Pantoea, Achromobacter, Enterobacter, Stenotrophomonas, Pseudomonas, and Bacillus were most common, with O. glumaepatula hosting a more diverse diazotrophic community. However, O. latifolia showed a higher functional diversity. …”
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Features of the territorial planning of the sea coastal zone by Viktoria Yavorska, Antonina Shashero, Kateryna Kolomiyets, Olena Nikolayeva

“… The coastal zone in Ukraine is likely to undergo the most profound change in the near future. Already more than 65 percent of the Ukrainian Black Sea region population lives within 30 km of the coast. …”
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Towards a Rational Design of Biosensors: Engineering Covalently Grafted Interfacial Adlayers as a Testbed Platform for Electrochemical Detection of Epinephrine by Xiaoli Chang, Yuan Fang, Oleksandr Ivasenko

“…In this study, we present a strategy for designing custom functional interfaces as well-defined platforms for probing interfacial processes. …”
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DECOMPENSATED CHRONIC HEART FAILURE COURSE IN DIABETES PATIENTS by M. N. Mamedov, B. U. Mardanov, M. V. Poprygo

“…Patients with CHF and DM2 were characterized by comparatively high functional class of CHF, severity of symptoms (by SCSC 13,7±2,2 versus 11,1±2,2 points, p<0,05) and more prominent morphofunctional changes of the heart: significant decrease in ejection fraction of the left ventricle (LV) by 5,5% and increase of deceleration time in early diastolic filling, followed by the decrease of E/A. …”
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Why the Long “Horns”? Fine‐Scale Morphology Suggests Tactile Demands Contributed to the Exaggeration of Male Longhorned Beetle Antennae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) by Rowan L. K. French, Magdalena Kowalewska Groszkowska, Locke Rowe, D. Luke Mahler, Lech Karpiński

“…ABSTRACT Insect antennae are covered in hairlike sensilla that detect diverse environmental cues. Selection on these functions has produced a bewildering variety of antennal forms, including many examples of sexual dimorphism (SD). …”
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Valuation of ecosystem services of guadua bamboo (Guadua angustifolia) forest in the southwestern of Pereira, Colombia by Juliana Muñoz-López, Juan Carlos Camargo-García, Catalina Romero-Ladino

“…These forests are dominated by the guadua bamboo species Guadua angustifolia Kunth, which provid-ed raw material for different purposes and additionally fulfills important ecological functions. The aim of this study was to evaluate ecosystems services associated with these forests such as carbon storage, soil water storing capacity, and the financial feasibility related to guadua culms commercialization. …”
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Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Drought Characteristics and Trivariate Return Period Risks in Western Iran by Behnoush Farokhzadeh, Sepideh Chobeh, Rasool Imani

“…Statistical trend analysis, probability distribution fitting, and copula functions were applied to evaluate the interdependence of drought characteristics and estimate joint return periods.Results: The findings indicate an increasing trend in drought severity, particularly in Hamedan and Saqez, with SSP5-8.5 showing the most extreme conditions. …”
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Toxic metals in pregnancy and congenital heart defects. Insights and new perspectives for a technology-driven reduction in food sources by Francesca Gorini, Alessandro Tonacci

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HSoMLSDP: A Hybrid Swarm-Optimized Machine Learning Framework for Software Defect Prediction by Madhusmita Das, Biju R. Mohan, Ram Mohana Reddy Guddeti

“…The outcomes of the experiments justify a more rapid convergence rate for BFs and notable enhancements of 0.01-0.28 in software defect prediction (SDP) accuracy for NASA defect datasets when compared with state-of-the-art methods. …”
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Urban Transformations for Universal Accessibility: Socio-Educational Dialogue by Susana Gómez-Redondo, Nicolás Plaza Gómez, Lilian Johanna Obregón, Juan R. Coca, Anabel Paramá Díaz

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The cognitive toll of household air pollution: cross–sectional associations between polluting cooking fuel use, cognitive functions and brain MRI in a rural aging population from K... by Sumedha Mitra, Manogna Sagiraju, Hitesh Pradhan, David Yao, Jayant M. Pinto, Jonas S. Sundarakumar

“…Global and domain-specific cognitive functioning was assessed using computerised culturally adapted test batteries. …”
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Prevention in nursing care: a study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of physical exercise and environmental interventions on physical activity behav... by Vera Belkin, Tanja I. Janssen, Julian Rudisch, Bettina Wollesen, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage

“…While exercise interventions are important for maintaining or improving physical and cognitive functions, they may not help increase daily PA behavior. …”
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Spatial variation in human omnivory during the late Holocene in southern South America: an assessment based on transformed isotopic niches mapping by Gustavo Barrientos, Gustavo Barrientos, Luciana Catella, Natalia Soledad Morales, Natalia Soledad Morales

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